Notes from 1-3-12
finish filling out the map packet. There will not be a quiz on it this week. Next Monday, there is a test on Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa.
homework from pages 604-607 (was assigned before vacation and discussed in class today)
industrialized country: country with a large amount of manfacturing. Is a synonym for "developed country"
Boar: Dutch word for farmer
Apartheid: limits the rights of blacks, prevents races from mixing
Township: neighborhoods outside cities
Enclace: small country within a larger country: Lesotho, Swaziland. Don't confuse with "landlocked" (doesn't touch the ocean) Examples of Landlocked countries; Rwanada, Zambia
Largest mammal in Africa: African elephant
Smallest mammal: shrew
Nelson Mandela: elected president of South Africa in 1994. He spoke out against Apartheid and went to jail.
challenges faced by South Africa today: AIDS epedemic, low standard of living
When you buy goods made in the USA, more jobs will be made here.
Notes from 11-09-11
Vocab: urbanization
3 problems caused by overpopulation: lack of food, strain on economy, strain on natural resources
Why do people live on small part of the Earth? Most of the Earth is covered by water, so it is uninhabitable (people can't live there)
Main reason for urbanization: people are looking for jobs
Notes from 11-8-11
Vocab:
birth rate, death rate
Notes from 11-07-11
Answers to World Religions Worksheet
1. Estimated Religous Poluplation of the World, 2005
2. 21% Muslim, .22% Jewish
3. Christianity, Islam
4. 1.5 times grater
5. 980,000,000 or 980 million
Notes from 10-28-11
I found this world religion map. I thought it was a little easier to read than the one on the handout we did today in class. World Religion Map
Notes from 10-26-11
Remember, as you east, you add hours. As you move west, you subtract hours.
There will be a quiz on time zones Friday. It will ask simple questions. Remember to write AM or PM, because it will be marked wrong if you don’t.
Culture: way of life for people who share similar beliefs or customs
Religion: Judaism, Christian Scientist, Episcopal, Congregational are some of the religions practiced by people in Longmeadow
Language: dialects (accents) In England, they call apartments flats, and bathrooms, the loo!
Ethnic group
Democracy- pg 83- people vote. There are direct democracies and representative democracies.
Constitutional monarchy- King or Queen is for Cermoney.
Dictatorship- Power is taken by force
Chart on page 82 will be on your next test!
Cultural diffusion: spread of knowledge and ideas to other places
TV and inernet have contributed to cultural diffusion
*How does history shape culture?* Very important. Think of holidays, such as July 4th
Notes from 10-25-11
A woman boarded an airplane at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. Four hours later she landed in Baltimore, MD. What time was it in Baltimore when she arrived? Remember: Baltimore is in the Eastern Time zone. It takes 4 hours to get to Baltimore from this woman's location in the Pacific time zone. 10:00 AM + 4 hours = 2:00 PM. 2:00 PM Pacific time is equivalent to 5:00 PM Eastern time, so if she leaves the Pacific Time Zone at 10 AM, it will be 5 PM when she arrives in Baltimore, even though the journey only took 4 hours.
There will be a time zone quiz on Friday. Try these questions for extra practice! . If the time was 12:15 am in Los Angeles, California what time would it be in Bow, Ne
If it is 9:00 AM in New Hampshire, what time is it in California?
If it is 12:30 AM in Vermont, what time is it in Florida.
It takes 4 hours by plane to fly from Boston to Denver. You leave Boston at 4:00 PM local time. What time will it be in Denver when you arrive?
It takes 6 hours to drive from Los Angeles to Phoenix. You leave Los Angeles at 10:00 AM local time. What time will t be in Phoenix when you arrive? 2. If it was 9:00 p.m. in New Hampshire, what time would it be in Florida?
Notes from 10-24-11 Remember: As you move east, you add hours. As you move west, you subtract hours. US Time Zone Map
Notes from 10-17-11 Make sure you give the part of your community profile that you were responsible for to your group members.
The map quiz is on Wednesday. Also for Thursday, read pages 69-72. Do # 1-6.
Notes from 10-13-11 Vocab words to know:
Drought
El Nino
La Nina
Current
Local wind
Leeward (rainshadow)
Windward
Greenhouse effect
Rainforest
5 elements that affect climate: sun, water, wind, landforms, people
Notes from 10-11-11**
Focus Questions from movie
????
Pesticides help increase food production, but they also poison food and water. Fossil fuels contribute to pollution.
The progress was fueled by coal, which made breathing hazardous.
Half the sea dried up due to poor agricultural planning.
The river is polluted with human and animal waste from people and animals bathing in it.
The river was slick with oil and other pollutants, causing it to catch fire.
People are cutting down trees, which is endangering many of the plants and animals.
The gasses poured into the atmosphere trap the sun’s heat.
The next ice age could be triggered.
Countries are encouraging people to have fewer children and better healthcare.
??
The developed countries feel that there is an unequal burden on them to cut back on emissions.
Notes from 10-07-11
Community Profile Group Assignment
Place- what a place is like
Climate, vegetation, wildlife, landscape
Culture: language, religions, food, clothing, sports, tourist stuff, values
Assignment is due next Wednesday
Columbus Discussion
-He thought he was in the West Indies, but he was mistaken.
-America is named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was a cartographer. People used his maps.
Columubus was the firs European to discover the land. The Indians lived there, long before he arrived.
The Vikings discovered America, before Columbus, but they didn't stay. Columbus' explorations led to the colonization of America.
Notes from 10-03-11
Elevation: Height above sea level
Continental shelf: an underwater plateau that stretches for miles off the coast of each continent
Trench: a valley in the ocean floor
Differences between mountains and hills: Mountains are taller and more rugged, while hills are smaller and more rounded on top.
Important *How was Cape Cod formed? Cape Cod formed long ago in the Ice Age. A glacier, several miles thick, “swam” across the North American continent. The glacier’s north edge came to a stop when it collided with warmer air it had found. The glacier melted and the sheet of ice retreated 25 through 30 miles, to what is now Cape Cod. It deposited rock and soil that formed the Cape’s foundation and leaving behind freshwater kettle ponds. Years of ocean currents and wind erosion completed the structure and shape of Cape Cod. The Cape is a hook shaped peninsula, but usually referred to as a flexing arm, that extends into the Atlantic Ocean 65 miles.
Notes from 9-30-11 Fault: a crack in the earth’s surface. Some faults are below the surface
Pangea: a supercontinent. Many years ago, all of the continents were together, but then split in half.
Erosion: process of wearing down and moving weathered materials
Glacier: giant, slow-moving pieces of ice
3 ways that plates move: spreading apart, pulling away from each other, and pushing against each other
What causes erosion? Wind, ice, and water
Notes from 9-28-11**
Convectional precipitation: Occurs closer to the equator, in places like Florida or Mexico. In the summertime, we might experience a quick rain shower, which would an example of convectional precipitation.
Frontal precipitation: This is the kind of precipitation that we mostly experience here in Massachusetts. It occurs when warm and cool air meet, then water vapor condenses and falls as rain or snow.
Earthquake: Violent sudden movement of the earth’s crust.
Tsunami: Undersea earthquake that can cause a huge wave
Core: Dense hot iron mixed with other metals and rock in the center of the earth
Mantle: Layer of rock about1,800 miles thick surrounding the core
Crust: Uppermost layer of earth that is relatively thin
Magma: Melted rock that flows to the surface during a volcanic eruption
Continent: Massive land areas. There are 7 of them: North America,South America,Asia,Europe,Antarctica,Africa, andAustralia
Plate tectonics: A theory that states that the crust consists of plates that move on a layer of molten rock
Vocab words: dyke, fault, communist state, consumer goods
China's 2 largest deserts: Gobi and Taklamaken
Map resources
This link may help you fill out your map packet. http://www.nationsonline.org/maps/south_east_asia_map.jpg
Notes from 1-3-12
finish filling out the map packet. There will not be a quiz on it this week. Next Monday, there is a test on Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa.
homework from pages 604-607 (was assigned before vacation and discussed in class today)
industrialized country: country with a large amount of manfacturing. Is a synonym for "developed country"
Boar: Dutch word for farmer
Apartheid: limits the rights of blacks, prevents races from mixing
Township: neighborhoods outside cities
Enclace: small country within a larger country: Lesotho, Swaziland. Don't confuse with "landlocked" (doesn't touch the ocean) Examples of Landlocked countries; Rwanada, Zambia
Largest mammal in Africa: African elephant
Smallest mammal: shrew
Nelson Mandela: elected president of South Africa in 1994. He spoke out against Apartheid and went to jail.
challenges faced by South Africa today: AIDS epedemic, low standard of living
Notes from 12-16
keep studying the map of Africa!
map of Africa with capitals
Notes from 12-6-11
There will be a quiz on chapter 19 on Friday!
Notes from 11-29-11
Vocab words from homework:
Mangrove
Savannah
Harmatan
Cacao
Compound
Civil war
Why would an ethnic grop want their own country?
To follow their own culture, religion, an and language
Why did a drop in oil prices cause economic problems in Nigeria?
Nigeria specializes in oil, and the economy depended on it
Notes from 11-15-11
I found this link helpful in explaining the different economic systems.
http://gozips.uakron.edu/~ely2/three%20economic%20systems.htm
Quota
Free trade
NAFTA
Developed country
Command economy
Traditional economy
Mixed economy
Notes from 11-14-11
subsistence farming: grow for you and your family to survive
commercial farming: growing to sell
natural resource
renewable vs nonrenewable resource
Economic system: market economy = free enterprise = capitalism
mixed economy
tariff
When you buy goods made in the USA, more jobs will be made here.
Notes from 11-09-11
Vocab: urbanization
3 problems caused by overpopulation: lack of food, strain on economy, strain on natural resources
Why do people live on small part of the Earth? Most of the Earth is covered by water, so it is uninhabitable (people can't live there)
Main reason for urbanization: people are looking for jobs
Notes from 11-8-11
Vocab:
birth rate, death rate
Notes from 11-07-11
Answers to World Religions Worksheet
1. Estimated Religous Poluplation of the World, 2005
2. 21% Muslim, .22% Jewish
3. Christianity, Islam
4. 1.5 times grater
5. 980,000,000 or 980 million
Notes from 10-28-11
I found this world religion map. I thought it was a little easier to read than the one on the handout we did today in class. World Religion Map
Notes from 10-26-11
Remember, as you east, you add hours. As you move west, you subtract hours.
There will be a quiz on time zones Friday. It will ask simple questions. Remember to write AM or PM, because it will be marked wrong if you don’t.
Culture: way of life for people who share similar beliefs or customs
Religion: Judaism, Christian Scientist, Episcopal, Congregational are some of the religions practiced by people in Longmeadow
Language: dialects (accents) In England, they call apartments flats, and bathrooms, the loo!
Ethnic group
Democracy- pg 83- people vote. There are direct democracies and representative democracies.
Constitutional monarchy- King or Queen is for Cermoney.
Dictatorship- Power is taken by force
Chart on page 82 will be on your next test!
Cultural diffusion: spread of knowledge and ideas to other places
TV and inernet have contributed to cultural diffusion
*How does history shape culture?* Very important. Think of holidays, such as July 4th
Notes from 10-25-11
A woman boarded an airplane at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. Four hours later she landed in Baltimore, MD. What time was it in Baltimore when she arrived?
Remember: Baltimore is in the Eastern Time zone. It takes 4 hours to get to Baltimore from this woman's location in the Pacific time zone. 10:00 AM + 4 hours = 2:00 PM.
2:00 PM Pacific time is equivalent to 5:00 PM Eastern time, so if she leaves the Pacific Time Zone at 10 AM, it will be 5 PM when she arrives in Baltimore, even though the journey only took 4 hours.
There will be a time zone quiz on Friday. Try these questions for extra practice!
. If the time was 12:15 am in Los Angeles, California what time would it be in Bow, Ne
If it is 9:00 AM in New Hampshire, what time is it in California?
If it is 12:30 AM in Vermont, what time is it in Florida.
It takes 4 hours by plane to fly from Boston to Denver. You leave Boston at 4:00 PM local time. What time will it be in Denver when you arrive?
It takes 6 hours to drive from Los Angeles to Phoenix. You leave Los Angeles at 10:00 AM local time. What time will t be in Phoenix when you arrive?
2. If it was 9:00 p.m. in New Hampshire, what time would it be in Florida?
Notes from 10-24-11
Remember: As you move east, you add hours. As you move west, you subtract hours.
US Time Zone Map
Notes from 10-20-11
Vocab words: acid rain, deforestation, crop rotation, conservation, irrigation, pesticide
Notes from 10-17-11
Make sure you give the part of your community profile that you were responsible for to your group members.
The map quiz is on Wednesday. Also for Thursday, read pages 69-72. Do # 1-6.
Notes from 10-13-11
Vocab words to know:
Drought
El Nino
La Nina
Current
Local wind
Leeward (rainshadow)
Windward
Greenhouse effect
Rainforest
5 elements that affect climate: sun, water, wind, landforms, people
Notes from 10-11-11**
Focus Questions from movie
- ????
- Pesticides help increase food production, but they also poison food and water. Fossil fuels contribute to pollution.
- The progress was fueled by coal, which made breathing hazardous.
- Half the sea dried up due to poor agricultural planning.
- The river is polluted with human and animal waste from people and animals bathing in it.
- The river was slick with oil and other pollutants, causing it to catch fire.
- People are cutting down trees, which is endangering many of the plants and animals.
- The gasses poured into the atmosphere trap the sun’s heat.
- The next ice age could be triggered.
- Countries are encouraging people to have fewer children and better healthcare.
- ??
- The developed countries feel that there is an unequal burden on them to cut back on emissions.
Notes from 10-07-11Community Profile Group Assignment
Place- what a place is like
Climate, vegetation, wildlife, landscape
Culture: language, religions, food, clothing, sports, tourist stuff, values
Assignment is due next Wednesday
Columbus Discussion
-He thought he was in the West Indies, but he was mistaken.
-America is named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was a cartographer. People used his maps.
Columubus was the firs European to discover the land. The Indians lived there, long before he arrived.
The Vikings discovered America, before Columbus, but they didn't stay. Columbus' explorations led to the colonization of America.
Notes from 10-03-11
Elevation: Height above sea level
Continental shelf: an underwater plateau that stretches for miles off the coast of each continent
Trench: a valley in the ocean floor
Differences between mountains and hills: Mountains are taller and more rugged, while hills are smaller and more rounded on top.
Important *How was Cape Cod formed?
Cape Cod formed long ago in the Ice Age. A glacier, several miles thick, “swam” across the North American continent. The glacier’s north edge came to a stop when it collided with warmer air it had found. The glacier melted and the sheet of ice retreated 25 through 30 miles, to what is now Cape Cod. It deposited rock and soil that formed the Cape’s foundation and leaving behind freshwater kettle ponds. Years of ocean currents and wind erosion completed the structure and shape of Cape Cod. The Cape is a hook shaped peninsula, but usually referred to as a flexing arm, that extends into the Atlantic Ocean 65 miles.
Notes from 9-30-11
Fault: a crack in the earth’s surface. Some faults are below the surface
Pangea: a supercontinent. Many years ago, all of the continents were together, but then split in half.
Erosion: process of wearing down and moving weathered materials
Glacier: giant, slow-moving pieces of ice
3 ways that plates move: spreading apart, pulling away from each other, and pushing against each other
What causes erosion? Wind, ice, and water
Notes from 9-28-11**
Convectional precipitation: Occurs closer to the equator, in places like Florida or Mexico. In the summertime, we might experience a quick rain shower, which would an example of convectional precipitation.
Frontal precipitation: This is the kind of precipitation that we mostly experience here in Massachusetts. It occurs when warm and cool air meet, then water vapor condenses and falls as rain or snow.
Earthquake: Violent sudden movement of the earth’s crust.
Tsunami: Undersea earthquake that can cause a huge wave
Core: Dense hot iron mixed with other metals and rock in the center of the earth
Mantle: Layer of rock about1,800 miles thick surrounding the core
Crust: Uppermost layer of earth that is relatively thin
Magma: Melted rock that flows to the surface during a volcanic eruption
Continent: Massive land areas. There are 7 of them: North America,South America,Asia,Europe,Antarctica,Africa, andAustralia
Plate tectonics: A theory that states that the crust consists of plates that move on a layer of molten rock